U.S. patent application number 11/245354 was filed with the patent office on 2006-06-01 for site information providing device and site information providing method.
This patent application is currently assigned to NTT DoCoMo, Inc.. Invention is credited to Daisuke Kikuchi, Atsuko Murozumi.
Application Number | 20060116978 11/245354 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 35734064 |
Filed Date | 2006-06-01 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060116978 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Murozumi; Atsuko ; et
al. |
June 1, 2006 |
Site information providing device and site information providing
method
Abstract
Site information on plural Web sites that a user desires is
provided without causing a mobile communication terminal to access
the plural Web sites. A site information providing device, based on
a telephone number received from a mobile phone, extracts user
information corresponding to the telephone number from a user
information database, extracts a site information ID corresponding
to the user information from a site information ID database based
on the extracted user information, and extracts site information
corresponding to the site information ID from a site information
database based on the extracted plural site information IDs. Then,
the site information providing device generates a site information
list screen based on the plural pieces of extracted site
information and transmits it to an address of the mobile phone
corresponding to the telephone number.
Inventors: |
Murozumi; Atsuko; (Tokyo,
JP) ; Kikuchi; Daisuke; (Yokohama-shi, JP) |
Correspondence
Address: |
OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, P.C.
1940 DUKE STREET
ALEXANDRIA
VA
22314
US
|
Assignee: |
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
Chiyoda-ku
JP
|
Family ID: |
35734064 |
Appl. No.: |
11/245354 |
Filed: |
October 7, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 ;
707/999.001; 707/E17.109; 707/E17.119 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G06F 16/9535 20190101;
G06F 16/957 20190101 |
Class at
Publication: |
707/001 |
International
Class: |
G06F 17/30 20060101
G06F017/30 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Nov 30, 2004 |
JP |
2004-347173 |
Claims
1. A site information providing device, comprising: a terminal ID
receiving means for receiving a terminal ID for uniquely
identifying a mobile communication terminal; a site information
extracting means for extracting site information on one or plural
Web sites stored in advance correspondingly with the terminal ID
based on the terminal ID received by the terminal ID receiving
means; and a site information transmitting means for transmitting
the one or plural pieces of site information extracted by the site
information extracting means to the address of the mobile
communication terminal corresponding to the terminal ID received by
the terminal ID receiving means.
2. The site information providing device according to claim 1,
further comprising: a user information extracting means for
extracting the user information corresponding to the terminal ID
received by the terminal ID receiving means from the user
information about the user of the mobile communication terminal
stored in advance correspondingly with the terminal ID; and a site
information ID extracting means for extracting the site information
ID corresponding to the user information extracted by the user
information extracting means from the site information ID for
uniquely identifying the site information to be provided to the
user stored in advance correspondingly with the user information,
wherein the site information extracting means extracts the site
information corresponding to the one or plural site information IDs
extracted by the site information ID extracting means from the site
information stored in advance correspondingly with the site
information ID.
3. The site information providing device according to claim 1,
further comprising a list screen generating means for generating a
site information list screen based on the one or plural pieces of
the site information extracted by the site information extracting
means, wherein the site information transmitting means transmits
the site information list screen generated by the list screen
generating means.
4. The site information providing device according to claim 3,
further comprising a display requesting-or-not information
receiving means for receiving display requesting-or-not information
indicating whether or not the site information need be displayed,
wherein the list screen generating means displays identification
information for identifying the site information without displaying
the site information on the site information list screen when the
display requesting-or-not information received by the display
requesting-or-not information receiving means indicates that the
site information need not be displayed.
5. The site information providing device according to claim 1,
further comprising: a site information storing means for storing
the site information correspondingly with the site information ID;
a site information receiving means for receiving the site
information ID and the site information from the outside; a site
registration information storing means for storing the site
information received by the site information receiving means as
site registration information correspondingly with the site
information ID received by the site information receiving means;
and a site information updating means for replacing the site
information stored by the site information storing means with the
site registration information stored by the site registration
information storing means for updating at each predetermined update
timing.
6. The site information providing device according to claim 2,
wherein the user information includes information about attributes
of a user typically represented by a user ID, sex, age, a horoscope
constellation, an address, a machine type ID, a blood type, and a
hobby.
7. A site information providing method comprising: a terminal ID
receiving step for receiving a terminal ID for uniquely identifying
a mobile communication terminal; a site information extracting step
for extracting site information on one or plural Web sites stored
in advance correspondingly with the terminal ID based on the
terminal ID received in the terminal ID receiving step; and a site
information transmitting step for transmitting the one or plural
pieces of site information extracted in the site information
extracting step to an address of the mobile communication terminal
corresponding to the terminal ID received in the terminal ID
receiving step.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a site information
providing device and a site information providing method.
[0003] 2. Related Background of the Invention
[0004] Conventionally, in case of browsing site information
published on a Web site with a mobile communication terminal
typically represented by a mobile phone, the specific Web site is
accessed to allow the site information on the Web site to be
displayed on a screen. A technique to browse site information
published on a specific Web site with a mobile communication
terminal has been disclosed in, for example, Patent document 1
(Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2003-256326) etc.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] By the way, in the conventional browsing technique, while
browsing site information published on a specific Web site with the
mobile communication terminal, in a case of intending to browse
site information on another Web site, it is necessary to access the
other Web site again by, for example, selecting a URL (Uniform
Resource Locator) of the other Web site embedded on the screen.
[0006] In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, an object of
the present invention is to provide a site information providing
device and a site information providing method capable of providing
site information on plural Web sites that a user desires without
causing the user's mobile communication terminal to access the
plural Web sites.
[0007] The site information providing device of the present
invention is characterized by including a terminal ID receiving
means for receiving a terminal ID for uniquely identifying a mobile
communication terminal, a site information extracting means for
extracting site information on one or plural Web sites stored in
advance correspondingly with the terminal ID based on the terminal
ID received by the terminal ID receiving means, and a site
information transmitting means for transmitting the site
information on the one or plural Web sites extracted by the site
information extracting means to an address of the mobile
communication terminal corresponding to the terminal ID received by
the terminal ID receiving means.
[0008] Further, the site information providing method of the
present invention is characterized by including a terminal ID
receiving step for receiving a terminal ID for uniquely identifying
a mobile communication terminal, a site information extracting step
for extracting site information on one or plural Web sites stored
in advance correspondingly with the terminal ID based on the
terminal ID received in the terminal ID receiving step, and a site
information transmitting step for transmitting the site information
on the one or plural Web sites extracted in the site information
extracting step to an address of the mobile communication terminal
corresponding to the terminal ID received in the terminal ID
receiving step.
[0009] According to the present invention, it is possible to
extract the site information on one or plural Web sites stored in
advance correspondingly with the terminal ID transmitted by the
mobile communication terminal and to transmit the extracted site
information to the mobile communication terminal. That is, the
mobile communication terminal transmits the terminal ID to the site
information providing device, thereby allowing the site information
of the one or plural Web sites stored in advance correspondingly
with the terminal ID to be displayed. In other words, it becomes
possible to provide site information on plural Web sites that a
user of the mobile communication terminal desires without causing
the mobile communication terminal to access the plural Web
sites.
[0010] It is preferable for the site information providing device
of the present invention to further include a user information
extracting means for extracting user information corresponding to
the terminal ID received by the terminal ID receiving means from
the user information about the user of the mobile communication
terminal stored in advance correspondingly with the terminal ID and
a site information ID extracting means for extracting a site
information ID corresponding to the user information extracted by
the user information extracting means from the site information ID
for uniquely identifying the site information to be provided to the
user stored in advance correspondingly with the user information,
wherein the site information extracting means extracts the site
information corresponding to the one or plural site information IDs
extracted by the site information ID extracting means from the site
information stored in advance correspondingly with the site
information ID.
[0011] As described above, further including the user information
extracting means and the site information ID extracting means makes
it possible to extract the user information stored in advance
correspondingly with the terminal ID transmitted by the mobile
communication terminal and to extract the site information ID
stored in advance correspondingly with the extracted user
information. Therefore, it is possible for the site information
extracting means to extract the site information stored in advance
correspondingly with the above-mentioned extracted site information
ID as the site information stored in advance correspondingly with
the terminal ID.
[0012] It is preferable for the site information providing device
of the present invention to further include a list screen
generating means for generating a site information list screen
based on one or plural pieces of site information extracted by the
site information extracting means, wherein the site information
transmitting means transmits the site information list screen
generated by the list screen generating means.
[0013] As described above, further including the list screen
generation means makes it possible to transmit the site information
list screen generated based on the extracted one or plural pieces
of site information. This enables the site information to be
list-displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication
terminal, which can improve the visibility of the user.
[0014] It is preferable for the site information providing device
of the present invention to further include a display
requesting-or-not information receiving means for receiving display
requesting-or-not information indicating whether or not site
information need be displayed, wherein the list screen generating
means displays identification information for identifying the site
information without displaying the site information on the site
information list screen when the display requesting-or-not
information received by the display requesting-or-not information
receiving means indicates that the site information need not be
displayed.
[0015] As described above, further including the display
requesting-or-not information receiving means enables the display
requesting-or-not information transmitted by the mobile
communication terminal to be received. Therefore, when the display
requesting-or-not information indicates that the site information
need not be displayed, the list screen generating means allows the
identification information for identifying the site information to
be displayed on the site information list screen. This makes it
possible to suppress the amount of information, which is displayed
on the screen of the mobile communication, and to make the display
information easier-to-see.
[0016] It is preferable for the site information providing device
to further include a site information storing means for storing the
site information correspondingly with the site information ID, a
site information receiving means for receiving the site information
ID and the site information from the outside, a site registration
information storing means for storing the site information received
by the site information receiving means correspondingly with the
site information ID received by the site information receiving
means as the site registration information, and a site information
updating means for replacing the site information stored by the
site information storing means with the site registration
information stored by the site registration information storing
means for updating at each predetermined timing.
[0017] As described above, further including the site information
receiving means and the site registration information storing means
enables the site information to be stored as the site registration
information based on the site information ID and the site
information transmitted from the outside. Further, including the
site information update means makes it possible to replace the site
information stored by the site information storing means with the
site registration information stored by the site registration
information storing means for updating at each predetermined
timing. Due to this, it is possible to limit a target of update in
the update process of the site information from the outside to the
site registration information stored by the site registration
information storing means. Therefore, since it is possible to
prevent the site information stored by the site information storing
means from being accessed directly from the outside, the security
can be improved.
[0018] In the site information providing device of the present
invention, it is preferable for the above-mentioned user
information to include information about attributes of a user
typically represented by a user ID, sex, age, a horoscope
constellation, an address, a machine type ID, a blood type, and a
hobby. Doing so makes it possible to cause a user to browse site
information registered in accordance with the attributes of the
user.
[0019] According to the site information providing device and the
site information providing method of the present invention, it is
possible to provide site information on plural Web sites that a
user desires without causing the user's mobile communication
terminal to access the plural Web sites.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0020] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a site
information providing system in an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0021] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration
of a site information providing device shown in FIG. 1.
[0022] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a user
information database.
[0023] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a site
information ID database.
[0024] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a site
information database.
[0025] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a site
registration information database.
[0026] FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of a site
information providing process.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0027] Embodiments of the site information providing device and the
site information providing method according to the present
invention are explained below with reference to drawings. The same
symbols are attached to the same components and a duplicated
explanation will be omitted here.
[0028] FIG. 1 is a diagram exemplifying a site information
providing system 1 in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the site
information providing system 1 includes a mobile phone 10, a site
information providing device 20, and a site registration
information input terminal 30. The mobile phone 10, the site
information providing device 20, and the site registration
information input terminal 30 are connectable with each another via
a communication line 40 including a mobile communication
network.
[0029] The mobile phone 10 is a mobile communication terminal for
wireless-communicating with a base station that covers the wireless
area in which the mobile phone 10 exists and receiving
communication services or packet communication services. The site
information providing device 20 is a server device managed by the
mobile communication network side, which accumulates site
information on various Web sites and provides the site information
to the mobile phone 10. The site registration information input
terminal 30 is a terminal device managed by each Web site, which
transmits the site information published on the Web site to the
site information providing device 20 as the site registration
information.
[0030] In the site information providing system 1 in this
embodiment, the explanation is made using the mobile phone 10 as a
concrete example of the mobile communication terminal, but the
concrete example is not limited to this and the mobile
communication terminal may be a mobile communication terminal such
as a personal handy-phone system (PHS) and a personal digital
assistant (PDA) having the communication function.
[0031] Next, the functional configuration of the site information
providing device 20 is explained with reference to FIG. 2. As shown
in FIG. 2, the site information providing device 20 includes an
access request receiving section 21 (terminal ID receiving means,
display requesting-or-not information receiving means), a user
information extracting section 22 (user information extracting
means), a site information ID extracting section 23 (site
information ID extracting means), a site information extracting
section 24 (site information extracting means), a list screen
generating section 25 (list screen generating means), a list screen
transmitting section 26 (site information transmitting means), a
site registration information receiving section 27 (site
information receiving means), and a site information updating
section 28 (site information updating means). Further, the site
information providing device 20 includes a user information
database 2A (user information storing means), a site information ID
database 2B (site information ID storing means), a site information
database 2C (site information storing means), and a site
registration information database 2D (site registration information
storing means) for storing information to be used by each of the
above-mentioned functions.
[0032] Here, the data configuration of the user information
database 2A is explained with reference to FIG. 3. The user
information database 2A is a database for storing user information
about the user of the mobile phone 10. The user information
database 2A has, for example, a telephone number (terminal ID), a
user ID, sex, a date of birth, an address, a machine type ID, a
blood type, and a hobby as data items. In the telephone number, the
ID such as "09022223333" for uniquely identifying the mobile phone
10 is filed. In the user ID, the ID such as "00001" for uniquely
identifying the user of the mobile phone 10 is filed. In the sex,
information indicating the "male" sex or the "female" sex is filed.
In the data of birth, the date of birth of the user such as
"19750101" is filed. In the address, the address of the user such
as ". . . , Tokyo" is filed. In the machine type ID, the ID such as
"P777" for identifying the machine type of the mobile phone 10 is
filed. In the blood type, the blood type of the user such as "B" or
"O" is filed. In the hobby, the category in which the user is
interested, for example, "sports" or "drink and food", is filed.
The information filed in the sex, the date of birth, and the
address of the user information database 2A is information
registered at the time of the purchase of the mobile phone 10 by
the user, which can be changed afterward. The information filed in
the machine type ID, the blood type, and the hobby is information
that can be registered and updated via, for example, a mobile
communication network after the purchase of the mobile phone 10 by
the user.
[0033] The data configuration of the site information ID database
2B is explained with reference to FIG. 4. The site information ID
database 2B is a database for storing a site information ID for
identifying site information of which provision a user desires for
each user. The site information ID database 2B has, for example, a
user ID and a site information ID as data items. The user ID is the
same as that of the user information database 2A described above.
In the site information ID, the ID for uniquely identifying site
information the user desires, for example, "AA-02" or "BB-01" is
filed. The site information ID can be registered in one or plural
for each user ID.
[0034] The data configuration of the site information database 2C
is explained with reference to FIG. 5. The site information
database 2C is a database for storing site information to be
provided to the user. The site information database 2C has, for
example, a site ID, a site category, a site information ID, and
site information as data items. In the site ID, the ID for uniquely
identifying the Web site on which the site information is
published, for example, "AA" or "BB" is filed. In the site
category, a Web site name and a category of site information such
as "x shop (CD)", "x shop (video)" or "x newspaper (news)" are
filed. The site information ID is the same as that of the site
information ID database 2B described above. In the site
information, contents of the latest site information published on a
Web site, for example, "The new song of a singer A has made its
debut in the market . . . " are filed. The information filed in the
site information database 2C is replaced with the information filed
in the site registration information database 2D for updating,
which will be described later.
[0035] The data configuration of the site registration information
database 2D is explained with reference to FIG. 6. The site
registration information database 2D is a database for storing site
information published on the Web site. The information registered
in the site registration information database 2D is filed in the
data table prepared for each site ID. In other words, the site
registration information database 2D is configured to include one
or plural data tables prepared for each Web site. Each data table
has, for example, a site ID, a site category, a site information
ID, and site information as data items. The respective data items
are the same as that of the site information database 2C described
above. The information filed in each data table is replaced at any
time with information input by an operator for updating, who
operates the site registration information input terminal 30 of
each Web site.
[0036] The access request receiving section 21 shown in FIG. 2
receives an access request transmitted by the mobile phone 10. The
access request includes, for example, the telephone number of the
mobile telephone 10 and display requesting-or-not information that
can be set arbitrarily by the user. The display requesting-or-not
information is information indicating whether or not the contents
themselves of the site information are included in the display
information to be provided to the mobile phone 10. In other words,
it is information indicating whether or not the contents of the
site information are displayed on the screen of the mobile
telephone 10 as they are.
[0037] Therefore, when the display requesting-or-not information
indicates that the contents themselves of the site information need
be displayed, the contents themselves of the site information are
displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 10. On the other hand,
when the display requesting-or-not information indicates that the
contents themselves of the site information need not be displayed,
the contents themselves of the site information are not displayed
on the screen of the mobile phone 10. Here, when the contents
themselves of the site information are not displayed on the screen
of the mobile phone 10, the identification information for allowing
the user to identify the site information, for example, the site
information name etc. having the URL of the site information
embedded should be displayed. In other words, what is required is
that the user can make the mobile phone 10 access the location, on
which the contents of the site information are stored, based on the
identification information displayed on the screen. This makes it
possible to suppress the amount of information displayed on the
screen of the mobile phone 10 and make the displayed information
easier-to-see.
[0038] The user information extracting section 22 extracts user
information corresponding to the telephone number from the user
information stored in the user information database 2A based on the
telephone number received by the access request receiving section
21.
[0039] The site information ID extracting section 23 extracts a
site information ID corresponding to the user ID from the site
information ID stored in the site information ID database 2B based
on the user ID included in the user information extracted by the
user information extracting section 22.
[0040] The site information extraction section 24 extracts site
information corresponding to the site information ID from the site
information stored in the site information ID database 2B based on
one or plural site information IDs extracted by the site
information ID extracting section 23.
[0041] The list screen generating section 25 generates a site
information list screen based on one or plural pieces of site
information extracted by the site information extracting section
24. To explain more specifically, when the display
requesting-or-not information received by the access request
receiving section 21 indicates that the site information need be
displayed, the list screen generating section 25 generates a site
information list screen on which one or plural pieces of site
information are list-displayed. In contrast to this, when the
display requesting-or-not information received by the access
request receiving section 21 indicates that the site information
need not be displayed, the list screen generating section 25
generates a site information list screen on which the
identification information having the URL for filing the site
information embedded is list-displayed. In other words, the
contents themselves of the site information are not displayed on
the site information list screen but the identification information
for identifying the site information is displayed.
[0042] It may be possible for the list screen generating section 25
to determine a design of the site information list screen based on
the machine type ID included in the user information. This is
because the size of the display screen region of the mobile phone
10, information that is displayable on the screen, or the like
differs depending on the machine type of the mobile phone 10.
Therefore, it becomes possible to provide site information using
the most suitable screen design for each machine type by
registering in advance the screen design that suits to each machine
type in the site information providing device 20.
[0043] The list screen transmitting section 26 transmits the site
information list screen generated by the list screen generating
section 25 to an address of the mobile phone 10 corresponding to
the telephone number received by the access request receiving
section 21. Although the list screen transmitting section 26
transmits the site information list screen generated by the list
screen generating section 25 to an address of the mobile phone 10,
the site information does not always have to be incorporated in the
list screen before transmitting it. For example, it may be possible
to transmit one or plural pieces of site information as they are
without being incorporated in the list screen. In this case, after
generating the list screen based on the received site information
in the mobile phone 10 side that has received the one or plural
pieces of information, the generated list screen has to be
displayed on the display screen. However, by incorporating the site
information in the list screen before transmission to the mobile
phone 10, it becomes possible to easily list-display the site
information on the display screen of the mobile phone 10.
[0044] The site registration information receiving section 27
receives the site information ID and the site information from the
site registration information input terminal 30.
[0045] The site information updating section 28 replaces the site
information stored in the site information database 2C with the
site registration information stored in the site registration
information database 2D for updating at each predetermined update
timing. The predetermined update timing, which corresponds to, for
example, each time the site registration information database 2D is
updated, every hour, every day, etc., can be arbitrarily set by a
system manager.
[0046] Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the flow of the site
information providing process carried out in the site information
providing system 1 is explained below.
[0047] First, the mobile phone 10 transmits an access request
including the telephone number and the display requesting-or-not
information to the site information providing device 20 (step S1).
Due to this, the access request receiving section 21 of the site
information providing device 20 receives the access request
transmitted by the mobile phone 10.
[0048] Next, the user information extracting section 22 of the site
information providing device 20 extracts user information
corresponding to the telephone number from the user information
stored in the user information database 2A based on the telephone
number included in the access request received by the access
request receiving section 21 (step S2).
[0049] Next, the site information ID extracting section 23 of the
site information providing device 20 extracts the site information
ID corresponding to the user ID from the site information ID stored
in the site information ID database 2B based on the user ID
included in the user information extracted by the user information
extracting section 22 (step S3).
[0050] Next, the site information extracting section 24 of the site
information providing device 20 extracts the site information
corresponding to the site information ID from the site information
stored in the site information database 2C based on the one or
plural site information IDs extracted by the site information ID
extracting section 23 (step S4).
[0051] Next, the list screen generating section 25 of the site
information providing device 20 generates the site information list
screen based on the display requesting-or-not information included
in the access request received by the access request receiving
section 21 and the one or plural pieces of site information
extracted by the site information extracting section 24 (step
S5).
[0052] Next, the list screen transmitting section 26 of the site
information providing device 20 transmits the site information list
screen generated by the list screen generating section 25 to an
address of the mobile phone 10 corresponding to the telephone
number received by the access request receiving section 21 (step
S6). Due to this, the site information list screen is received by
the mobile phone 10.
[0053] Next, the mobile phone 10 displays the site information list
screen on the screen (step S7). Due to this, it is possible for the
user to easily browse the plural pieces of site information that
the user desires on the screen of the mobile phone 10.
[0054] According to the site information providing system 1
described above, the site information providing device 20 includes
the access request receiving section 21, the user information
extracting section 22, the site information ID extracting section
23, and the site information extracting section 24, thereby making
it possible to extract the user information stored in advance
correspondingly with the telephone number included in the access
request transmitted by the mobile phone 10, to extract the site
information ID stored in advance correspondingly with the extracted
user information, and further to extract the site information on
one or plural Web sites stored in advance correspondingly with the
extracted site information ID. In other words, it is possible for
the site information providing device 20 to extract the site
information on one or plural Web sites stored in advance
correspondingly with the telephone number of the mobile phone 10
based on the telephone number transmitted by the mobile phone
10.
[0055] Further, the site information providing device 20 includes
the list screen generating section 25 and the list screen
transmitting section 26, thereby making it possible to transmit the
site information list screen generated based on the extracted one
or plural pieces of site information to the mobile phone 10. In
other words, the mobile phone 10 transmits its own telephone number
to the site information providing device 20, thereby allowing the
screen on which one or plural pieces of site information stored in
advance correspondingly with the telephone number are
list-displayed to be displayed. That is, it becomes possible to
provide the site information on plural Web sites that the user of
the mobile phone 10 desires without causing the mobile phone 10 to
access the plural Web sites.
[0056] Further, the site information providing device 20 includes
the site registration information receiving section 27, thereby
making it possible to store the site information in the site
registration information database 2D as site registration
information based on the site information ID and the site
information transmitted by the site registration information input
terminal 30.
[0057] Further, the site information providing device 20 includes
the site information update section 28, thereby making it possible
to replace the site information stored in the site in formation
database 2C with the site registration information stored in the
site registration information database 2D for updating at each
predetermined update timing. Due to this, it is possible to limit
an target of update in the update process of the site information
by the site registration information input terminal 30 to the site
registration information stored in the site registration
information database 2D. Therefore, since it is possible to prevent
the site registration information input terminal 30 from directly
accessing the site information stored in the site information
database 2C, the security can be improved.
[0058] The site information ID filed in the site information ID
database 2B in the above-mentioned embodiment does not have to be
stored necessarily correspondingly with the user ID. For example,
the site information ID may be stored correspondingly with the sex,
the age, the horoscope constellation (the age and the horoscope
constellation can be known from the date of birth), the address,
the machine type ID, a blood type, the hobby, or a combination
thereof, which are the data items of the above-mentioned user
information database 2A. In other words, it may be possible to
store it correspondingly with the attributes of the user.
Therefore, for example, the site information ID may be stored
correspondingly with the age and the sex. In this case, for
example, when the user is a man in his thirties, it is possible to
acquire a site information ID of the site information registered in
advance for men in their thirties by retrieving the site
information ID database 2B based on the user information (date of
birth, sex) registered in advance in the user information database
2A. Doing so makes it possible for the user to browse the site
information registered in corresponding to the attributes of the
user.
[0059] The display requesting-or-not information in the embodiment
described above does not have to be included necessarily in the
access request. In other words, it may be possible to keep the site
information being always displayed on the list screen instead of
including the display requesting-or-not information in the access
request. Further, it may be possible for the site information
providing device 20 to determine the presence or absence of the
display of the site information in accordance with the machine type
of the mobile phone 10. In this case, the site information
providing device 20 should determine whether or not the site
information is displayed on the list screen based the machine type
ID included in the user information corresponding to the telephone
number of the mobile telephone 10. Due to this, it is possible to
provide site information that the user desires using the list
screen in accordance with the display region etc. of the screen
depending on the machine type.
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